Experiment 636667
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | IN RATION |
| Organism | Commiphora mukul (BURSERACEAE) |
| Citation | PANDA,S: KAR,A:. (1999). GUGULU (COMMIPHORA MUKUL) INDUCES TRIIODOTHYRONINE PRODUCTION: POSSIBLE INVOLVEMENT OF LIPID PEROXIDATION.. 65(12) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | AN INVESTIGATION WAS MADE TO FIND OUT THE IMPORTANCE OF GUGULA (COMMIPHORA MUKUL) IN THYROID FUNCTION OF MICE AND TO REVEAL ANY POSSIBLE INVOLVEMENT OF LIPID PEROXIDATION (LPO). WHILE NO MARKED CHANGE IN THE CONCENTRATIONS OF SERUM THYROXINE (T4) WAS OBSERVED, TRIIODTHYRONINE(T3)) CONCENTRATION AND T3/T4 RATIO WERE ENHANCED FOLLOWING ADMINISTRATION OF GUGULU EXTRACT(0.2 G/KG B, WT./D FOR 15 DAYS). A CONCOMITANT DECREASE IN LPO WAS ALSO NOTICED IN LIVER, THE PRINCIPAL SITE OF T3 GENERATION, SUGGESTING THAT GUGULU INDUCED INCREASE IN T3 CONCENTRATION IS LPO MEDIATED. |
| Dose amount | 0.2 ML |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | RAT |
| Per unit | KG |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | TYPE EXT NOT STATED |
| Gender | FEMALE |